Washington PICTURE THREAD (Seattle, Bellingham, Ellensburg: bus, skyline, pizza)

[nei]

Originally Posted by SitoUK

Thank you! The first one certainly cost me a lot of sweat, so the views better be good!

Looking from your photo, wish I checked out Monogram Lake when I was in Washington.

[SitoUK]

Yes, it is amazing place. Where I took this picture is pretty much the highest point of the trail. We went down to the lake and there was only one more person there. The fact that it is quite a hard trail means it is also very quiet. Apparently there is a lot of bear-activity there. Unfortunately we did not spot any but we met a couple on our way up who said they'd just seen a bear on the meadows you you get to after leaving the wooded part of the trail. Unfortunately it had gone when we got there...I still haven't seen a bear

[nei]

Originally Posted by SitoUK

Yes, it is amazing place. Where I took this picture is pretty much the highest point of the trail. We went down to the lake and there was only one more person there. The fact that it is quite a hard trail means it is also very quiet. Apparently there is a lot of bear-activity there. Unfortunately we did not spot any but we met a couple on our way up who said they'd just seen a bear on the meadows you you get to after leaving the wooded part of the trail. Unfortunately it had gone when we got there...I still haven't seen a bear

I managed to see two in the North Cascades last summer. The first was in British Columbia but still in the North Cascades



The other bear was a trail bear rather than a road bear.

[SitoUK]

wow, how far away was it from you? Looks pretty close! Where was it, on a hiking trail?

[Foreverking]

Originally Posted by nei

I managed to see two in the North Cascades last summer. The first was in British Columbia but still in the North Cascades



The other bear was a trail bear rather than a road bear.

Crap, thats my number one fear when I am hiking.

[nei]

Originally Posted by SitoUK

wow, how far away was it from you? Looks pretty close! Where was it, on a hiking trail?

No off the main road in Manning Provincial Park. We approached it a bit. It looked at us for a few seconds and then went back to nibbling grass or whatever it was. Maybe 25 feet away?

Not smart, but it seemed rather docile.

[hardtostarboard]

Originally Posted by SitoUK

Hiking in the North Cascades this week. This one was taken from the ridge above Monogram Lake.


This one was taken form the viewpoint/parking at Diablo Lake, after the Monogram Lake trail on Saturday we were too tired to do another hike on Sunday

Do you have 500px or Flickr with these pics? Would love to see larger ones. Some of your pics are screaming to be used as desktop backgrounds.

[SitoUK]

Originally Posted by hardtostarboard

Do you have 500px or Flickr with these pics? Would love to see larger ones. Some of your pics are screaming to be used as desktop backgrounds.

yeah, all my images are hosted on flickr: Flickr: Urban Disturbance's Photostream

But I think I have restricted the downloads, if you let me know which one(s) you like I can send you a link to the large version.

[kanhawk]

The Cherry Orchard Trail, an unmarked hard to find trail to goes up the slope of the gorge from the river all the way to the top. East of Lyle


IMG_2219 by kanhawk, on Flickr

IMG_2211_1 by kanhawk, on Flickr

IMG_2212 by kanhawk, on Flickr

[kanhawk]

More from the Gorge. Lots of gnarly oak trees in that area.


IMG_2214 by kanhawk, on Flickr

IMG_2218 by kanhawk, on Flickr

IMG_2216 by kanhawk, on Flickr

IMG_2215_1 by kanhawk, on Flickr